{"678604":{"#nid":"678604","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar | Building a Fulfilling Career in Semiconductors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E Building a Fulfilling Career in Semiconductors\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker: \u003C\/strong\u003ERoland Sperlich, Texas Instruments VP and General Manager\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E Monday, November 25, 2024\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Van Leer Building, C240\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E Roland will share his experiences and advice for building a fulfilling career starting with landing his first real job through the graduate coop program at Georgia Tech, working as an applications engineer, systems engineering lead, leading several worldwide teams, running over $1B\/year business and being elected a Vice President at Texas Instruments. Roland will highlight the different opportunities for engineers in the semiconductor industry, as well as some of his lessons learned with the desire that some of these will benefit students who are embarking on the next step of their career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E Roland Sperlich is vice president and business unit manager of the Processors business unit at Texas Instruments. He joined TI in 2005. In his current role, he leads a team that covers High-Performance Microcontroller and Microprocessor products. These products address a growing TAM of over $10B while solving some of the most difficult challenges in making cost effective AI solutions for the automotive ADAS marketplace, high-performance signal processing solutions for audio and radar applications, and comprehensive networking solutions for industrial, and automotive applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoland has been part of the Processors business since May of 2023, prior to this role, Roland had been the general manager for TI\u2019s Interface Business Unit. He joined the Interface team in 2010 when he became product line manager for High Speed Interface. In this role, he led the team to develop a differentiated analog portfolio of signal conditioners including the industry\u2019s highest performance passive switches, the first USB2.0 redriver and TI\u2019s first DP\/HDMI retimer portfolio. The team also qualified and made inroads with a large portfolio of USB interface products for automotive infotainment systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2015, Roland assumed responsibility for the Transceiver product line where he was responsible for all TI transceiver products, including those supporting RS-485\/232, I2C, CAN\/LIN and System Basis Chips (SBC). Under his leadership, the product line grew by 30% and was able to enter the competitive CAN\/LIN and SBC marketplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoland received his bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Merrimack College, his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eholds several patents and has published articles on the application of equalization and linearization techniques in the field of communications and high-speed interface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his free time, Roland enjoys playing ice-hockey, watersports and playing violin with his daughter and son.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Texas Instruments VP and General Manager Roland Sperlich for a talk about share his experiences and advice for building a fulfilling career starting with landing his first real job through the graduate coop program at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join Texas Instruments VP and General Manager Roland Sperlich for a talk about share his experiences and advice for building a fulfilling career starting with landing his first real job through the graduate coop program at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-11-22 15:46:56","changed_gmt":"2024-11-22 15:50:54","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-11-25T09:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-11-25T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-11-25T10:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-11-25 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-11-25 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-11-25 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Van Leer Building, C240","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5617","name":"ECE Student Seminar"},{"id":"41241","name":"career building"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}